Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Germany was represented by Margot Eskens, with the song "Die Zeiger der Uhr", at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 March in Luxembourg City. For the first time since 1959 the German entry was chosen internally, rather than through a public final, by broadcaster HR. Eskens had previously finished third in the German national final in 1962.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1966 | ||||
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| Country |  | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal Selection | |||
| Selected entrant | Margot Eskens | |||
| Selected song | "Die Zeiger der Uhr" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 10th=, 7 points | |||
| Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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At Eurovision
On the night of the final Eskens performed first in the running order, preceding Denmark. Voting was by each national jury awarding, 5, 3 and 1 point(s) to their top 3 songs, and at the close of voting "Die Zeiger der Uhr" had received 7 points (5 from Switzerland and 1 each from Belgium and Italy), placing Germany joint 10th (with Finland and Luxembourg) of the 18 entries. The German jury awarded its 5 points to Belgium.[1]
Points awarded to Germany
| Points awarded to Germany | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 points | 6 points | 5 points | 3 points | 1 point |
Points awarded by Germany
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| 3 points | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 1 point |  |